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undiˈscerned, ppl. a.
(un-1 8 and 5 b.)
1529More Dyaloge ii. ix. 57 b/2 Standyng as they do vnknowen and vndyscerned. a1625Fletcher Captain iv. iv, Bring me to a place Where undiscerned of her self I may Feed my desiring eyes. 1653Holcroft Procopius, Vand. Wars ii. 41 The plot was undiscerned by any: For though many were engaged in it, yet none..revealed it. 1703Rowe Ulysses ii. i, Warriors from my Fleet Who undiscern'd..and by Stealth Late came ashore. 1784Cowper Task iii. 242 If his word..reveal Truths undiscern'd but by that holy light, Then all is plain. 1819Shelley Peter Bell 3rd v. iii, But he in shadows undiscerned Trusted.
absol.1898Meredith Odes Fr. Hist. 16 She had..Forgot her faith in the Great Undiscerned.
Hence undiˈscernedly adv.
1660N. Ingelo Bentiv. & Ur. (1682) ii. 61 The traiterous dispositions..in their own breasts; which though they might lurk more undiscernedly before, will then be sure to shew what they are. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. v. x. 185 Death has undiscernedly stoll'n upon them, and unawares intruded into their Studies. 1734Falle Jersey (ed. 2) vi. 243 Others lavish theirs [sc. grants] out so wantonly and undiscernedly, that to be ev'n loaded with them is no argument of Merit. |